Pensacola, Fla.-based The Endoscopy Center announced that it will sign a pledge with the American Cancer Society to achieve a shared goal to increase colorectal cancer screening rates nationwide to 80 percent by 2018, according to a Pensacola News-Journal report.
The Endoscopy Center and The American Cancer Society believe that colorectal cancer can be eliminated as a major public health problem by achieving this shared goal, notes the report.
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